#E8CF59#E8CF59

#E8CF59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.139 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CF59
RGB	rgb(232, 207, 89)
HSL	hsl(50, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.18, -4.88, 60.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.18, 60.45, 94.63°)
OKLab	oklab(85.34% -0.0178 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(85.34% 0.139 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.3971, 62.5054, 18.4907)
Luminance	0.6250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CF59 #5972E8

analogous

#E88759 #E8CF59 #BAE859

triadic

#E8CF59 #59E8CF #CF59E8

tetradic

#E8CF59 #59E887 #5972E8 #E859BA

square

#E8CF59 #59E887 #5972E8 #E859BA

split-complementary

#E8CF59 #59BAE8 #8759E8

monochromatic

#AE9418 #E1BF23 #E8CF59 #EFDF8F #F7EEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E8CF59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.50

#E8CF59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CF59

13.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CF59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CF59	1.00	1.56	13.50	13.50
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D35F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8cf59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 207, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.139 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2dd8c',
    500: '#e8cf59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8cf59;
$custom-light: #f2dd8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8cf59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.51,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85338,
    "c": 0.13913,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CF59

secondary

#364BAF

accent

#31D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CF59

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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